Photo of the Day
A boiling lava cauldron in the Nyiragongo volcano in the Congo
April 17, 2012
Lava Cauldron, Democratic Republic of the Congo
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Exhaling clouds of gas, a cauldron of lava boils in the mile-wide crater of Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Congo that threatens two million people. Eruptions have blistered the region for millions of years, since the African tectonic plate began to split apart to create the Albertine Rift.
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